Chelsea Handler's eldest brother, Chet Handler, died tragically at the age of 22 more than 40 years ago. However, according to the comedian, her father "never really recovered from that."
"When my brother died, my father really fell apart," Chlelsea, 51, said in a resurfaced clip from her April 2025 appearance on Monica Lewinsky's Reclaiming podcast. "It's like your oldest is always your — like you taught me how to parent."
She explained that her father Seymour's reaction to his son's death "appeared" to be partially driven by his ego.
"To him it was almost like ego, there was some ego part of it," she said. "I don't know if that's true — that's how it appeared. Like he just couldn't believe he lost his firstborn. Like that's my son. Who could take my son? I'm going to blame everyone I can and sue everybody."
The former late-night host was just 9 years old when her brother fell to his death during a hike in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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